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The Air National Guard in Louisville has no active shooter

Reports of an active shooter at the Air National Guard base in Louisville have turned out to be a false alarm. Lt. Col. Dale Greer of the Kentucky Air National Guard said there was no active shooter at the base and explained some of what happened. He said during an active shooter drill, it was reported to the Base Defense Operations Center that a real shooter was active. Lt. Col. Greer said base officials believed this erroneous report was the result of the drill, but this has not been verified to date. Out of an abundance of caution, the base forwarded the report to Louisville Metro Police. The building where the incident was falsely reported was cleared by Air Guard security forces working with LMPD. Greer said there were no further reports of a shooting, no shots were fired, no injuries were reported and there was no indication this was an actual event. WLKY contacted Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport to find out if the incident caused any flight disruptions. “There was a very brief, approximately 10-minute stop at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) this morning during the incident at the Kentucky Air National Guard base,” spokeswoman Natalie Chaudoin said. Chaudoin said one flight, Delta 3821 from Detroit, was diverted to Lexington. She said the flight has since resumed and is en route to Louisville. “All terminal operations were normal and unaffected,” she said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Reports of an active shooter at the Air National Guard base in Louisville turned out to be a false alarm.

Lt. Col. Dale Greer of the Kentucky Air National Guard said there was no active shooter at the base and explained some of the events.

He said that during a school shooting exercise, the Base Defense Operations Center received a report that a real school shooter was active.

According to Lt. Col. Greer, those in charge at the base assumed that this erroneous report was the result of the exercise. However, this has not yet been confirmed.

Out of an abundance of caution, the base forwarded the report to the Louisville Metro Police.

The building where the incident was falsely reported to have occurred was evacuated by Air Guard security forces in cooperation with the LMPD.

Greer said there were no further reports of a shooting. No shots were fired, no injuries and no indication that this was an actual event.

WLKY contacted Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport to find out if the incident caused any flight disruptions.

“This morning, there was a very brief, approximately 10-minute ground stop during the incident at the Kentucky Air National Guard base at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF),” said spokeswoman Natalie Chaudoin.

Chaudoin said one flight, Delta 3821 from Detroit, was diverted to Lexington. She said the flight has since resumed and been rerouted back to the Louisville route.

“All terminal operations were normal and unaffected,” she said.

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